Video - Backdated a Couple Days

[a_sin_for_him]

[When Lust appears on the 'gear, she's looking a bit less put together than usual. Not much makeup, still-short hair falling naturally and without any pins or styling. She looks tired.]

I'm sorry have to say, but..

Wrath is no longer among us.

[She leaves it at that. Nothing further she wants to say is anything she's about to put on the public network.]

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[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

[Yeah, that's a thing. Harry didn't know Wrath that well. However he knows how important he was to Lust. So when he spots the video, he'll wait a bit and then go and knock on her door.]

Lust, it's Harry. I'll leave if you need to be alone but I just wanted to check on you.

[a_sin_for_him]

It's fine.

[Really, how many times has Lust gone through this? And she'll go through it again - or leave others to do so in her wake. It's unavoidable, it's the price paid for this life.]

[But it feels different, this time. It cuts deeper, sharper. Which is ridiculous, and yet...]

You can come in.

[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

[And he will. Because yeah worried. He'll just lean against the wall slightly when he's in the room.]

Thanks.

I know there's not really anything we can do in this situation to make it better but...if you want to talk. I'm here. Even if it's just a distraction.

[a_sin_for_him]

What is there to talk about?

[Lust sighs. She isn't being flippant, she just doesn't know what there is to even say.]

I need to pack up his things and put them away.

[Along with all the other packed up boxes of things from those who've left Lust's life. She's starting to amass quite the collection of lives in cardboard containers.]

[But she keeps them all. Just in case.]

[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

[He nods at that.]

I think it depends. And sometimes it can help later on, even if not right away. I just know personally that keeping everything inside can hurt a lot more then I thought talking would.

[Not that he really had anyone to talk to, but back when his wife died he could have and didn't and things didn't go great after that.]

But that's up to you. Do you want some help with his things though?

[a_sin_for_him]

And sometimes talking about a thing only makes it feel more real and close.

[Lust stands from the edge of her bed and moves to her vanity, sitting in the elegant little chair there and looking at herself in the mirror. She looks a mess, she knows she does.]

If I feel a need to talk, however...I will. Thank you. And for the offer of help. They're...scattered all over, as children's things are. And god knows I bought him troves of things.

[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

That's no less true.

[Feelings are complicated and hard. Especially ones of loss.]

He was important to you, it makes sense. ...and children's things will get everywhere. I'll keep an eye out.

[He pauses for a moment, thinking back.]

Speaking of that....I know it's not the same circumstances but. When I lost Cheryl, I ....had to collect all of her things and put them away since I had a baby. And you're right, things get everywhere, and sometimes you'll miss something and then find it when you least expect it.

....things like that can really catch you off guard, more then you think a toy or a drawing might.

[a_sin_for_him]

It's not that different.

[Lust's talking more to herself, really, and she sighs and rakes back the unkempt curls hanging about her face.]

It's just...I've been taking care of him so long...teaching him, guiding him, trying to protect him... and he was here so long, and just a child. It's so foolish but I thought he had...better odds than most. To stay.

He deserved to stay here.